Real time map of France's rail network

xutopia

I once zipped at 300km/hr (186mph) in the countryside while drinking wine. When I was at my destination I stepped out and walked a really short distance to get a meal in a square. Everyone in the destination city had everything they needed at walking distance. People in North America don't realize how freeing it is not to have to own a car to do things but without adequate transportation they only see the inconvenience of not having one.

dominotw

does anything like this exist for trains in usa. i live next to tracks that has amtrack, metra and friegt trains in chicago. Would love to build a cool 'train arriving' system for my son to go up to the window and look at the train thats approaching

dheera

Nice! Might be worth extrapolating positions based on train velocity between updates, would make for a more attractive UI

gumby

The German equivalent uses much less bandwidth as it’s simply a static png.